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Hyperlinks not working from email.

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  • 15-04-2013 10:46pm
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    Fazer6
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭


    Hello all.

    I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, Thunderbird for my email and Firefox 20.0.1 as my browser. Up until recently hyperlinks in my email opened up Firefox and navigated to the appropiate web page. Now hyperlinks do nothing, I can't even copy and paste them to Firefox.
    What can I do to sort this out?

    Thanks in advance.

    Fazer6.


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    Gormal
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Gormal


    Never used Thunderbird but have a look at their help page and see if that sorts it


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    Fazer6
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭Fazer6


    Thanks Gormal, will do.


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    ezra_pound
    Registered Users Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭ezra_pound


    first make sure firefox set as default b then...

    From thunder bird help:


    If the operating system's default browser is specified correctly as described above, it is not necessary to specify an action for the HTTP / HTTPS content type. To check this setting, select Tools | Options (Windows) or Thunderbird | Preferences (Mac and Linux). Click on the Attachments page. If HTTP and / or HTTPS are listing in the Content Type column, either delete the action or ensure the specified action is correct.


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    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Did you install/uninstall Google Chrome recently?

    Chrome is a piece of spyware in disguise of a web browser which is frequently bundled with outher adware. It is known to wreak havoc with the Windows registry settings, affecting amongst others the default mailto handler.


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    Fazer6
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭Fazer6


    No Torqay, I didn't install Chrome recently.


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    Fazer6
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭Fazer6


    ezra_pound wrote: »
    first make sure firefox set as default b then...

    From thunder bird help:


    If the operating system's default browser is specified correctly as described above, it is not necessary to specify an action for the HTTP / HTTPS content type. To check this setting, select Tools | Options (Windows) or Thunderbird | Preferences (Mac and Linux). Click on the Attachments page. If HTTP and / or HTTPS are listing in the Content Type column, either delete the action or ensure the specified action is correct.

    I reset Firefox as the default browser and the hyperlinks are working again.
    Thanks!!!


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